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U.S. Military Service: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)
Cynthia A. Watson
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Hardcover. Series: Contemporary World Issues. Num Pages: 319 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 618. A Reference Handbook. Series: Contemporary World Issues. 336 pages, black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JW. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight: 618.
This work is a fascinating overview of Americans' complex and occasionally uneasy relationship with military service, from World War II to the age of global terrorism. The end of the Cold War ushered in a new kind of war that has already made conventional tactics and strategy obsolete. How has the U.S. military responded? In U.S. Military Service: A Reference Handbook, Cynthia Watson, professor of strategy at the National War College, analyzes the major issues that are reshaping the military in the era of global terrorism—problems of recruitment, urban warfare, effective use of electronic media, and rebuilding failed states. ... Read more
This work is a fascinating overview of Americans' complex and occasionally uneasy relationship with military service, from World War II to the age of global terrorism. The end of the Cold War ushered in a new kind of war that has already made conventional tactics and strategy obsolete. How has the U.S. military responded? In U.S. Military Service: A Reference Handbook, Cynthia Watson, professor of strategy at the National War College, analyzes the major issues that are reshaping the military in the era of global terrorism—problems of recruitment, urban warfare, effective use of electronic media, and rebuilding failed states. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
Contemporary World Issues
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781851099788
SKU
V9781851099788
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Ref
99-1
About Cynthia A. Watson
Cynthia Watson, PhD, is professor of strategy at the National War College, Washington, DC. Her published works include ABC-CLIO's Nation-Building: A Reference Handbook and U.S. National Security: A Reference Handbook, which was named one of the 2002 Books of the Year by CHOICE magazine.
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